Black lives matter

Yes, ALL lives matter but Blacks are the majority losing their lives to law enforcement. This blog article is in memory of the victims, their families and our community.

I have included some names of the 613 unarmed Blacks killed by police officers in 2018 alone.  The ACLU has published Know Your Rights when confronted by the police, which I will now include.

•  If you're stopped by the police you have the right to remain silent, if your suspected or accused of a crime you must at least identify yourself.  If detained ask for a lawyer and if a minor (under age 18) ask for your parents or guardians.  Remember to remain silent, anything you say or do can and will be used against you; so DON'T say, sign, do or make any decisions.
• Stay calm, don't run always keep hands where police can see them, ask if free to leave is so calmly and silently walk away no sudden movements. If not ask what charged for do not consent to search without a warrant... see above ^^^ REMAIN SILENT!!
• If stopped in car park in a safe place, turn car off and put hands on steering wheel, show required documentation ie: License/I.D.; Insurance; registration. Again you can refuse search of car without a warrant.
• If arrested, do not resist. As previously stated don't say, make decisions , or do anything without a lawyer or if minor parents or guardians.  You have the right to make a legal phone call always remain calm and cooperate within your rights.
• If you feel your rights have been violated advise your attorney and file a compliant with Police Internal Affairs & Compliance Department.

I truly hope this helps and individual rights are protected; in addition to cut down on police brutality and killings.  When you know better you do better... PEACE

                        ~IN LOVING MEMORY TO THE FOLLOWING VICTIMS and others~

          

• Lamar C. Richardson ~   Toledo, OH.
• Oscar Grant~   Oakland, CA.
• Cynthia Fields~   Savannah, GA.
• Rashawn Washington~...Vineland, N.J.
• Anthony Marcell Green~   Kingsland, GA.
• Antwon Rose~   Pittsburg, PA.
• Robert Lawrence White~   Silver Springs, MD.
• Marcus David Peters~   Richmond, VA.
• Juan Jones~   Danville, VA.
• Danny Thomas~   Greenspoint, TX.
• Stephon Clark~   Sacramento, CA.
• Eric Garner~   Staten Island, NYC.
• Tamar Rice~   Cleveland, OH.
• Arthur McAfee~   Longview, TX.
• Trayvon Martin~ Stanford, FL.   (although it wasn't a police officer killing, but the situation supports the mentality of some view on Black lives and legal system)
• mike brown 

     I pray that our legal and law enforcement make drastic changes to protect ALL lives, as

     a community we need to be vigilant in our rights and knowledge of this corrupt racist system.

                                           PEACE

Golden Kuumba

I love to support Black owned businesses I don't think we as a community do as much as we should to support our own;  but quick to buy the latest trends and name brands.

This lovely young lady started and created her own business using her creativity "Kuumba".

Please check out her websites and creations, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!


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Peace

loliiife

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Please check out this great young hip hop group!!

Thank you for your support, hope you enjoy their music as much as I do!

Peace

About Me

I am a Sagittarius so not to put to much on astrology  signs but I fit the personality of this sign!

I started my career early on working with and practicing humanity and compassion to people.

Won’t give my resume, but would like to introduce myself.

I’ve worked 25+ years with youth, homeless, HIV clients and more.  I continue this work today.

I am a self-proclaimed youth advocate and has been working with at risk populations, I started my career as a Guardian At Litem, a court appointed advocate for abused and/or neglected children.

Graduated with a Degree in Social Justice, minor in Sociology and Psychology.  I am passionate about advocating for people of color to get the same social benefits , and self-determination.

Heavensent 2000 Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and became a not for profit agency under I.R.S. 501 (c) (3) in the year 2000; Dekalb County, Georgia. 

My husband and I started a Real Estate Investment Company; Solid Oak Enterprises L.L.C.   “ a private investment company who uses community directed profits to promote self-empowerment, while building strong families and communities, in collaboration with Heavensent 2000 INC.”

We invite you to join this blog for ideas, information, thoughts and positive opinions.

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My year thoughts for 2017 both positive and negative...ying and yang #repost

Discussion: What is the worth of our young Black men's lives? Why are we as a people being exterminated?

#‎canblackboyscry‬ Powerful --"Can Black Boys Cry?: The Shadow of Mass Incarceration. ‪#‎HuffingtonPost‬ "✮ ✐ RIP ‪#‎MikeBrown‬ ‪#‎TrayvonMartin‬ and ‪#‎JordanDavis‬-- “Excerpt: Where do black boys like Mike Brown, Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin cry? Where can they be children that play, laugh and joke as they learn their way in this world? When can they be a victim not only of bullets, but also of a society that has deemed them as men before their time by virtue of their s...kin and gender? Black men like Jordan Davis do not have childhoods. After puberty they lose so much of their innocence and begin their descent into the shadow of our nation's mass incarceration. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/25/trayvon-martin-jordan-davis_n_4855746.html

America as a nation has become a tale of two cities: one for young black men and one essentially for everyone else. While we can argue with this blanket statement, what cannot be refuted is that young black men are one of the most imprisoned groups in modern history. African-American men comprise a mere 6% of the American population, but according to the Department of Justice, they make up nearly half of the 2 million inmates in U.S. jails or prisons. These men are largely imprisoned for non-violent offenses. According to the U.S. census, nearly half of America’s 19 million black men are under the age of 35 years old, and the ratio for young black male imprisonment is around 10 percent, or 10,000 prisoners per 100,000. (Note: This is not counting the additional numbers on parole, or on probation, which add significantly to these numbers.) Placing this ratio in context, as of today, India, a country of 1 billion people, only has about 300,000 prisoners, a ratio of 30 prisoners per 100,000 people. During South African apartheid, one of the most horrific instances of racism the world has seen, the prison rate for black male South Africans, under immensely unfair laws, was 851 per 100,000. In America today, young black men face a rate of imprisonment effectively ten times that number. #canblackboyscry
Rick Ross

The biggest threat to the Black communtiy vs. HIV mass incarceration

Justice or JUST us?

Hello I am back!!  So my two worst enemies are the destruction of the Black race/community: HIV and mass incarceration, which is coincidentally linked because men tend to have sex with men while locked up but don't consider themselves gay.  We as a community are so homophobic we don't accept or men being gay or bi-sexual so they are forced to be on the down low, meaning hiding their sexuality and preferences therefore sometimes still having sex with us, increase transmission of HIV infection.
Did you know that more Black American males are incarcerated in 2013 than enslaved in 1850? Yup do the research, below is some recent statistics.

In the state of California, to prevent violence, prisoners are segregated by race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation while held in county jails and in the California Department of Corrections,  reception centers, where newly committed prisoners are assessed prior to being transferred to their "mainline", long-term institutions.

 In the past two decades, the money that states spend on prisons has risen at six times the rate of spending on higher education. In 2011, California spent $9.6 billion on prisons, versus $5.7 billion on higher education..... The state spends $8,667 per student per year. It spends about $50,000 per inmate per year. Why is this happening? Prisons are a big business. Most are privately run. They have powerful lobbyists and they have bought most state politicians. Meanwhile, we are bankrupting out states and creating a vast underclass of prisoners who will never be equipped for productive lives.

Estimated number of inmates held in custody in state or federal prison, or in local jails, by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, June 30, 2009.
	Male				Female
Year	Totala	Whiteb	Blackb	Hispanic	Totala	Whiteb	Blackb	Hispanic
2009	2,096,300	693,800	841,000	442,000	201,200	92,100	64,800	32,300

So our job as a minority, non-white community is to educate ourselves and our youth on the so-called justice system in America and focus on positive development such as education and social services.  Open our minds and hearts to different lifestyle choices, because in the end only God can judge us and we ALL fall short of sin.

Knowledge is power!  Peace, Love and Strength

T. Davis